climax
noun /ˈklaɪmæks/
/ˈklaɪmæks/
- the most exciting or important event or point in time
- to come to/reach a climax
- Signing the peace agreement was the climax of his political career.
- The team’s 3–1 victory in the final provided a fitting climax to a great season.
Extra Examples- In a dramatic climax, our team lost by one goal.
- The affair was brought to a climax when the chairman resigned.
- The crisis reached its climax in the 1970s.
- Yesterday marked the climax of the celebrations.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- dramatic
- exciting
- …
- come to
- hit
- reach
- …
- come
- at the climax
- in a/the climax
- climax to
- …
- the most exciting part of a play, piece of music, etc. that usually happens near the end
- The book’s powerful climax is the murder of Nancy by her lover Bill Sikes.
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrec1, Musicc1- The climax came at the end of the second act of the play.
- The hero dies at the climax of the opera.
- The story gradually builds to a powerful climax.
- The story builds up to a powerful climax with the murder of Nancy by her lover Bill Sikes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- dramatic
- exciting
- …
- come to
- hit
- reach
- …
- come
- at the climax
- in a/the climax
- climax to
- …
- the highest point of sexual pleasure
- She found it hard to achieve a/reach climax.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sexual
- achieve
- reach
compare anticlimax
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in rhetoric): from late Latin, from Greek klimax ‘ladder, climax’. The sense ‘culmination’ arose in the late 18th cent.